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ANDERSON, S. C , WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1901. ' --???????????Mtrnmrnm??J?? VOLUME XXXVII-NO. 26. to civ THAT no other Store had Clothing but us, or that yon could not got as choice an assortment any where else at hero, and after we had told yon bo, yon should find out different, you'd never have any faith in our "ads"?but we are very coroftii what we say. , We do say that a great majority of our Good* are bought for lew and sold less for you to come and look over m what we have ; then if you fail to he pleased it's our fault. But if you fail to oome here, but go elsewhere., and pay more than we ask, then it's your fault From $5.00 to $20.OO! From $5.00 to $20.00 ! , s. c, The Spot Cash Clothiers 1, 'Of II 11 i We have just received one Cm Load of Fancy Winter Grazing Oats, Come quick and secure some of them before they are; all sold. O. O. ANO6R6OM & BRO. i IF YOU &RE A PURCHASER OF Our Prices and Goods will Miroly Tempt Ton. We have always given gooH values in this line, aud there is uo reaeon A?hy we should not do the same for yquV In buying Shoe--* you want to look! ?t the quality as well as the price. Ours stand the closest inspection and are well made and durable. Wo use the utmost caution and bay only those Shoes, which we absolutely know to be of the very best quality. We do not experiment with various lines but stick to those which havo the manufacturers as well as bur guaranteo ^behind them, and should by chance any imperfection in workmanship or 3eatber occur, you will always pad .us ready to satisfy you. ' THE B?OH SHOE FOE MEH. This is the most reasonably priced High Grade Shoe on the market. Wo "have them in all the various leathers arid styles. MeC?LLT BROS t f t i ii C n C t a b I e 1 y ii o D I u g g t b t e a n h t b <1 a e * a STATE NEWS. ?Col. J. C. Boyd, of Greenville, is a candidate for Adjutant and ?nspec- j tor General. - ! ? A negro was killed on the South- j cm railway track in Greenville on Thursday night. ? The 16-mouths-old child of L. Z. Bovillo of Sparenburg was burned to death on Thursday. ? The. s?nats has confirmed the nomination of John G. Gapers as dis trict attorney for Sonth Carolina. ? The railroads and the scalpers are having a hot fight in Charleston. A number of scalped tickets bave bben turned down on tho railroads. . ?<Mrs. Elisa Bright, of Greenville, ; 65 years .old, was fatally 'burned while standing before the lire on Tuesday, 17th inst. Sbe died the next day. ? The State Board of Health will ssk the legislature to give it further authority in the matter of treating epidemic diseases, vaccination, etc ? Prof. W. K. Slight \?ho for 14 years has been a member of the fac ulty of Itfewberry College, has tender ed his resignation, to toko effeot Jan uary 1. ? The second Tuesday in' January is fixed by the Constitution for tho convening of the Legislature. As. the m?ntn comes in?on Wednesday, the 14th is the day, tna latest possible date.. ? Mrs. Frances Ryan, p~e of the most highly respected ladies of Edge field , was*burned to death by falling in the fire at her residence in South Edgefield. She was subject to ver tigo. ? Prof. Barnes of Glemson collego has just finished a gasoline engine which he construe tod for an auto mobile on which he :b now at work. When finished it will be the first machine of the kind ever made in the Soutb.j ? The governor has orderod tho election for the county of Pee Dee to be held on Jan. 16. Tho new county Will contain 403 square miles and leave 502 in the old. Dillion, which is very near the center is to be the county seat. ? The Democratic congressmen who havo just returned from the Philip pines declare that the intelligent class of the Filipinos are just as capable of self-government no We ourselves are, and that nearly every man.on the is lands is longing for independence. ? Tho business men of Cheraw are in correspondence with parties who contemplate the establishment of a large vene'or plant. The . poplar and gum on the Pee Dee adjacent to the'town-will afford raw material for many years. The plant has Submit ted a reasonable enongh roinisitiou, and Cheraw will probably "take them up." \?At the meeting of the State Teachers Association last summer a resolution was adopted strongly urg- ' !ng the passage of a compulsory edu cation 1 law. A, committee was appoint ed to urge upon tho Legislature the adoption of such a law, and it is under stood that the committee has, already began necessary work among tho legis late i.-. ' ?A fatal accident happened at the State farm at Hagood, in which David Williams, a convict, serving a three year sentence, from Dorchester, was instantly killed by gourd M. O. Bur kett. ; It seems that while the detail was at work, Burkett's pistol was ac cidentally discharged, the bullet pene^ trating the temple of Williams, killing him instantly. r? Tho governor ha" received sever al reports of the appearance and ex istence of smallpox in Hampton and Beaufort c own tics and particularly at . ?eiuassee. There has already been ytxe death and the people aroconsider ably exercised over the matter. The governor took the matter up with Dr. James Evans; the secretary of the ?t?te board of health, and he will give ?ttention to the situation at once. ? Senator MoLaurin is on six Sen ate committees, as follows: Indian af fairs, claims, improvement of the Mis lissippi river and its tributaries, or ganization, conduct and expenditures if the executive departments, trans portation routes to the seaboard, and ndustrial expositions. Senator Till nan is on the following: Appropria tions, mines and mining, naval af airs, forest reservation-, and rc.volu iooary claims. ? 'W. J. Duffie, one of the wealth est men in the State, died Tuesday ftcrnoon 17th inst., ut his home in ?olurubia. He* wan a self-made man; xaduated from the Sotnh Carolina Jollege in 1855, served as a privato in ho Confederate army, aud settled fter tho war as a publisher of school looks; He made- a fortune, which is hveated in real estate in that city and lsewhere. He owned 25,000 acres of and in Oconcc county, was for 36 ears a ruling elder in the Presbyter an church and for 20 years treasurer f the Columbia Theological Semi iary. ? December 30 will bo ''Citadel )ay" at the Charleston Exposition,, pon which occasion 'there will be a athering of all t^c alumni of the rand old institution in the "City by he Sea." *In the evening there will o a reunion of the old Citadel boys, o be followed by a banquet, at which aoh class will be toasted and called pon for a response by o?e of its lembers. Dr. Coward,, of Columbia, as been appointed on a committee o work tip the reunion among ment ors of ?tbc class of '97, and he re ucsts that all graduatcs of that class nd those honorably dischorgcu will ommonioatc with him immediately, ? the time is limited. GENERAL NEWS. ? Cherokee Indians will receive $10 eaoh from the National Relief Fand of $285,000. ? The bank at Spriugdale, Ark., was robbed last Friday of $7,000 by a lone robber. ? Resolutions asking President Roosevelt to intercede .for the Boers were adopted ?t a Chicago mass meet ing. ? John C. Mi lb urn. of Buffalo, in whose house McKinley died, has re ceived a letter threatening assassi nation. ? Postmaster General Smith has tendered his resignation, and is to be succeeded by Henry C. Payne, of Wisconsin. ? Marconi has succeeded in send ing a message over the water, a dis tance of 1,700 miles, without tbe nse of intervening wires. ? The attempt of two men to arrest a bunoo steerer in Texas resulted in a fierce fight with firearms, in wbM all three men were killed. ? Miss Kate Livingston, a sister of Dr. Livingston, the explorer, has jnat celebrated her 106th birthday;, at the homo on the Isle of Mull. " &* The value of the presents at the Wedding of John D.: Rookfollor, Jr., and the daughter of Senator Aldrinb, was estimated at $700,000. ? Mrs. William Walker, the wife ox a cotton raiser living near Texar kana, Texas, gave birth to five, chil dren j four girls and one boy*. ? Consul General Dickson author izes the statement that Le is satisfied Miss Stone, the ?oaptive missionary, and her companion are alive and treat ed well. ? A movement is on foot to in crease the salaries of members of Con gress from $5,000 to ?10,000 per an num, the change to take effect with the next Congress. ? Mark*1 Hauna may he a big boss in national affairs, but he docs not out much ice at home. His county has sent a solid democratic delegation to tho Ohio legislature. -? President Roosevelt has just in herited a fortune of $50,000 and resi duary legatee for an equal amount. The property belonged to a cranky unole of the president's. ? C. L. Powell and J. E. Over street, two prominent turpentine men in Florida, had a shoot?match\n which both were killed. They had a quarrel about certain hands. ? Bishop Halsey, of the oolored? Methodist Episcopal church,dp Savan nah , Ga., said that slavery was atyl?ss irj, becaUDO by it the rregro attained the highest form of civilisation. ? Nearly every occupation is r?p resented in the Georgia penitentiary, there being 955 laborers, 681 farmers, 128 railroad hands, 58 cooks, 22 black smiths, 6 merchants, 6 school teaoh ers, 2 physicians and 9 teachers. ? Gen. George H. Stewart, an ex Confederate, has just had returned to him by Abram Smith, of Long Beaoh, Cal., a Bible that he carried through the civil war. Smith took the Bible from a Confederate wagon a few days before the surrend ?r of Lee's army. ? Senator Morgan's Nicaragua bill provides for the estimated expendi ture of $180,000,000, and places tbe entire management in a board com posed of eight United States citizens to be chosen without regard to party affiliation, the salary of the board,to be $8,000 per annum each. ? Several Daughters of the Confed eracy called on President Roosevelt last week relative to removing from Germantown, Pa., to Richmond, Va., the bodies of 224 unknown Confede rate soldiers now buried at tho former {place. A bill will be introduced in congress giving authority for the re moval cf the bodies. ? A little postage stamp book, issued by the postoffice department, takes the lead in the matter of circu lation. Aocording to the postmaster general's report no less than 4,698,4^8 of them were 'sold last year, and the supply was unequal to the demand. There's no doubt that it'b a handy vol ume to have in one's pooket. ?- A negro boy peddler applied to a little girl 8 years old to let him warm t>y the fire in her home. Her parents were away. After warming he took & piece of paper and set the child's jlothes on fire. She /as burned to loath. This was near . Athens, Ga. The negro will be summarily dealt with if the enraged populace can find lim. f: ?Throughout northern Florida this ias been the coldest December in over !0 years. The thermometer has rang ;d from 20 to 25 degrees above zero .hrough th* 400-milo strip between lack son vi 11c and Pcnspcola. The state Agricultural Department is ad - Mscd that no serious damage will re mit to orange and other fruit groves n the Florida peninsula, as the sap tad been driven from the trees by the iontinued cool Weather of the past nonth. Vegetables in north Florida ire considerably damaged. ?The Amos Owens Cherry Tree Company, of Henrietta, N. C, of vhich so much has been published, an now be numbered with things of he past. Many of its agents in this State received notioe to suspend busi lessjf or one month in order to allow un rlendly feeling to die out. Upon the iocl? of this notice comes the news rom Charlotte, N. C.,\hat the Amos )wep' s Cherry Tree Company was in licted in the Voders' court for using he mails fo -fraudulent purposes. Tho officers of the company, it is said, iavo fled, andm.my evidences of fraud n the scheme and its methods have icon found.. FROM THE RATION'S CAPITAL. From Our Oicn Correspondent, Washington, D. G.. Dec. 33,1001. That Mr. Roosevelt makes a distinc tion in machine politicians between is he considers for him ab the next Presidential candidate of his party dud those who will not commit themselveB has made certain by tbe ovents of the week; also that ho is playing the game under the guidance of a political ma nipulator who has few if any superiors in the turning of political tricks?II. C. Payne, of Wie., vice-chairman of 1 the Republican National Committee, who has been chosen to succeed Charles Emory Smith as Postmaster General \ and who was Hnnna's second in the bossing of the Republican side of the last national campaign. The meaning of PayneTs entry into the Cabinet is ob ! vious, as well as his being put at the I head of the Post Office Department. He.is to be the head of a Roosevelt ma chine, which is to embrace all tbe pos tal employees, and if Roosevelt secures the nomination he will boss his cam paign. The Republican machine poli ticians who have been turned down by Mr. Roosevelt are those who have not pledged themselves to him. Although there ia a disposition in some quarters to credit Mr. Roosevelt with devotion to pure politics, it cannot last long after Mr. Payne gets to work on the I Roosevelt political machine. Mr. Charles Emory Smith says hi? retirement from the cabinet was en tirely voluntary and in accordance with plans made long ago to return to his newspaper duties? and there is a general disposition to let it go at that, although it is known that Mr. Smith's talk as recently as a month ago indi cated an expectation of remaining iu the Cabinet nt least six months. Now that the Cabinet ico is broken, speculation is rife as to who will bo the next to go. Many beliovo that it will bo impossible for Secretary Long to remain, no matter how ho handlos tho mixed report of the Schley Court of Inquiry and Rear Admiral Schley'a strong and manly protest against that portion of the report signed by Ad miral Benimm and Ramsay, which he declares to be at variance with all the facts established by the evidence, which has just been submitted, unless Mr. Roosevelt commits himself in favor of the fight against Sch??y> ,uuud>nobody believes that he w?l commit - snob an act of political folly as that would be. In fact, it has been whispered around for .ometime that Mr. Roosevelt would be pleased if Secretary Long would insist on retiring. Neither Hay, Wil son, nor Hitchcock are thought to be very securely anchored. Gen. Pearson, late of the Boer army, who is in Washington in the interest of tho Boer republic, delivered a publie address this week, in which he said: "The argument used by the British for gathering women and children in these reconcentrado camps i3 absolutely ridi culous. I"or tho -sake of argument, I will admit that it war.a military neces sity to concentrate and hold tho women and children in captivity. Why did not the British pat them in Johannes burg, which could easily hold 200,000 people and is in a good sanitary condi tion and practically. deserted? There are thirteen towns which are practi cally deserted and could have been made available as concentration camps or cities. The death rate at present is 258 per 1,000, occurring, not among In dians or a wild race, but among the most robust people on earth. The facta regarding our army now in the field havo been greatly distorted. We have as a matter of fact about 80,000 burghers in the field. It is a far better army now than over before." Owing to tbe illness of Representa tive Richardson, of Tenn., tho House Democratic leader, the fight against the Philippine tariff bill was led by Reprerv itative S wan eon, of Va.," who made wie most of thesmail opportunity allowed by the Republican programme of jamming the bill through in two flays. Among tho hits made by Demo crats in short speeches against thn bill, that of Representative DoArmond, of Mo., was striking. He said of tho Philippines and the Repnblican policy: 'We acquired them in folly, let us dis pose of them in wisdom. Almost every nan in tho islands long for indopen lenco and liberty. How long will it 1)0 before another insurrection brenko Hit? Who can tell how many of our pputh it will lay away in country diurchyards, how many dollars of Httra levy it will cost the people? How nuch better would it bo for us to rc ;urn to the principles of any American larty and make an end of our troubles, Why not dispose of thorn to some :ountry that wants colonies? Any dis position of them is better than their etention." Boss Platt is growing thin-skinned >ad ever-sensitive in his old age. He s whining like a baby about a charac or sketch of himself, written by Wil iam Allen White, of Kansas, who is a Republican, and published in-one of he ten-cent magasiner, and threaten ntr libel nuits against both writer and )ublisher. The incident is regarded is rather comical by the average Sena or and Representative, who are dis used to regard such things as all in ,ho day's work.. Mr. Andrew Carnegie was a gnest of klr. Roosevelt this week, and they dis eased his offer to givo tho United HStes 810,000.000 in steel trust bonds 'or a national university, a gift that \\r. Roosevelt was afraid to accept. Good Roads Convention. Greenville, S. 0., Deo. 11).?Notwith standing wind and weather conspired to defeat the good intentions of tho good roads people, the meeting here has proved not only a success, but a success exceeding expectations. Dele gates have been coming in from all parts of tho State during the week. These men are earnest in seeking- to solvo tho problem of how to mako bet ter roads, and they came hero to learn. Tho Convention met this morning in tho Opera House, two hundred or nioro delegates being present. Ex-Lieut. Gov. M an Id in called tho Convention to order and introduced Senator A. H. Dean, who welcomed the delegates to Greenville in a neat and tasteful ad dress. W. H. Moore, president of the National Good llonds Association, re sponded in a capital speech, accepting the hospitality of Gteenville and sug gesting excellent results from the meet ing. Committees on organisation and business were appointed, and then Mr. D. C. Heyward, of Walterboro, was in troduced, and delivered a ringing speeoh on the subject of good roads improvement. After dinner the Convention met in the County Oourt House. The com mittees appointed at the morning ses sion reported. It was decided to form a permanent organization, adopting the name, "South Carolina Good Roads Association." The following were elec ted permanent officers : President, F. H. Hyatt, of Columbia; Vice Presi dents, tho Supervisors of each County; Secretary, Earle Sloan, of Charleston ; Treasurer, G. F. Tolly, of Anderson. After tho permanent organization Con gressman A. C. Latimor and Col. J. II, Whnrton ' addressed tho Association. A resolution was adopted asking the Legislature to establish a good roads bureau, and to authorize Counties to levy special taxes for road improve ment. An invitation was received from Mayor Smyth, of Charleston, to attend a meeting oil the Southern Good Roads Association in Charleston from February 8 to 10. To-night M. O. El bridge, of tho Uni ted States H arena of Road Inquiries, delivered a lecture, illustrated by ste reopticon viewB.?R. S. M. in News and Courier. Piedmont teller. '-'At Home!" These are the hospitable words the'., like a welcoming angel, stand upon the smooth platform of bris tol board in society's social announce ments. To these inviting words many ilook to grasp the band of the_hostess, re osant bits of interest, hear pleasures and altogether be duly and who?y ente: tain ed with some of the choicest brief ?v - monts of their lives. Will the readers of the "Porlman Let ters" who can enduro, who oan at all bear transportation from Portman to Piedmont, pardon the writer for this trouble to their nervos and Christian pationce, Inviting them to ooeaiiocally drop in upon us even on paper in the borne or columns of tho Auderson Intel P $en Ter? Personalities?though not admittedly so?are among thu swoetest tidbits of tete-a-tete converse in these little social functions ; again will these dear readers pardon us if we take thorn into onr con fidence and tell them that should they, between this and New Year's, or, in fact, within the whole year of onr natural life, be passing by the correspondent's home, 4 miles from Piedmont, in the Hurri cane Creek seotlon, they., will find our "At Homo" ' annou ncomont written on brooms, dust-pans, gingham aprons, fire shovels and tongs. More especially will this form of announcement be unchanged within the next few weeks, but this out landish form must not deter those refined adepts of the "bristol board." They shall certainly find ns awaiting them, even if we muRt stop to remove our apron and dust a chair in pretence of their approach. While putting up pegs, hanging raoks, diving into cornera and groping ont with rubbish, straightening this, smoothing that, we could not help thinking would a man do this way? Would he nail up his fences, replace shingles, mend {broken windows, replace glass, paint worn places, gather up the brambies, rake the leaves, make bU place preaentablo, clean and liveable, as a woman trios to do with bur house? Thorn where lies the nficrot of ?i wo [nan's short and patched-up Hie, doing little things that don't eount as an aver age bulk! When tho wholo Is done day iftorday, the littleness of it grieves her, when any of it ia left undone, tho large .f.sn of its amount grieves her more. iho must be doing, doing irom morning o night, and at tho ond s jy. what have I lone? What a wasted day ! These con inual repetitions of what sbecalls wasted lays ho pross upon her more delicate na uro that beforo half way to the end of lfe, she is dragged down and old. Not so with a man, ho lives in the calm of optimism, ho is not looking at Ittle things like pin points ; he is look ng at tho large circumference of tn'oir adlationB; what he does not do to-day he rill do to- morrow, and if he does not do t to morrow the next day will answer, ind if he docs not do It at all?well?tbe vorld will not oome to an end for that, >r somebody else can dc it ; he is not ;olng to shorten his years about it or poll hiB good looks. A patient housekeeper, who theo ;rieved day after day, and arguing the >ett9r part of a man in this allotment of abor, said: "I work so hard rand at the nd of tho day see nothing of my labor, 'ht wholo day is gono in llttlo things hat show up no account. Lot my hus anu go to tho field and you can see at JtJ|?A&M*m. T -JLl \Jm CM 0 * night ho farrow8 ne has plowed, or - a* 'une; he has gone over with hui u ?d'-" 18ald : "SaDPoao y?ur in yonrho^d8UP^9ey^n?"^f ,, ... work in it that day, at the end of the . . ,, , i?L>? wlli look worauf080 fie*d unwashed, unfeo"-8 Unma?*?f . , ,,, od uncooked, dishes and kettles ever\ . ._? ?? ?. f??? . ,,ere and anywhere, ;?l^!8'fheH Bkelter, mourning and howling of huAod an'dohildrenf dogs and c?? cows p au<J ohlokeil8_ more like Bedlam let \ ^ Uke tbft domicile of the sano ar>-ivi01? n x told her that her work over* prevented V this condition of things.^ Bhe not glad that she was able ^ much against her husband's so !UV An a07e of plowed work would not nt^ up jn advantage against the ois ad 7^g0 Qf her undone work at night. S^jy ,ier work in the aggregate told naore^owe<j more in account, than bis did. I was speaking ot appearanc. iu reality Bhe was not doing more tha'^Qr husband, bnt in appearance?the looted work of heir's was more demora.. log at the end of the day than the ne, looted work of her husband. She hai nothing to complain of, be was making a living for the family outaldo, abe was preserving Lfo in tbe family Inside. He, with one greet tnonght, looking forward to harvest was whistling after bis plow, she, with as many thoughts as there are threads in a loom, was washing and cleansing, cooking and baking, mending and making, instructing and pray ing ; the labors of both converging to one point at tho end of the day?the welfare and comfort of tbe little united family. Men do tho large things of life, women the small, men uro like the hour hand on tho o?ook ?md woxnbu tho minute, and Home women like the second hand, in rapidity, more constant activity, nervous revolution run, run almost to death at tho end of nu hour, having gone no fur ther than the minute hand nor tbebonr hand; nil having arrived at the post at tho same exact moment, none haying outrun the othor ucr boon behind tho other lu usefulness. Again, men might bo likenod to the trees and women to the leaves. The leaves might say; "Well, I am just here as an appendage, the trees supporting mo," but wero the leaves to be cutoff the trees tho trees would soon die; for through the leaves they receive their in spirations of Ufa from the atmosphere* Then look at the trees in winter, when their leaves are dead! What a barren, j lonely, sblveriug apectaoie they make! . Enough perhaps has been said about the housekeeper. Since we area house* maker ourselves, we have great respect for the housemakera, and trust we bave given no offence when we say their wives' work Is as important to thefamily as their own. All good and just men acknowledge this and say that without their wives they would be poor, wretch ed, miserable oreatnre?. Were the editor not so opposed to poetry I would like to copy a whole poom here for the solace of the housekeeper and of her husband, who is not one, but the editor thinks if people write poetry they are apt to forget the realities of life and seek to live on dreams, and dreamH without money? which seldom attends poetry?will not pay a subscription to our paper; this alone would make any editor sigh while saying grace at meals. A few stanzas porhaps he will pardon, as they will lit in with the pie receipts in the house keepers sorapbook. The Unes aro anony mous and entitled : A HOUSEKEEPER'S T It AO HI) Y. O, life Isa toll and love Is a trouble, And beauty will fade and rlohes will flee; And pleasures they dwindle and prices they double, And nothing is what I could wish It to be. There's too much of worrlment goes to a bonnet] There's too much of ironing goes to a shirt; There's nothing that pays for the time you waste on it; There's nothing that lasts but trouble and dirt. It's sweeping at six and dusting at seven; It's victuals at eight and dishes at nine; It's potting and panning from ten to eleven; Wo scarce break our fast ere we plan how to dine. With grease and with grime from eorneif" to ce u tor, Forever at war and ' . ever alert, No rest for a day lest the onomy onter**^ 1 spend toy whole life in a strugg'o with dirt. Last night in my dreams I wtts .stationed forever On a baro little isle in the midst of the sea; My one chance of lifd was a ooaseless en* deavor To sweep off tho waves ere they swept over me. Alas, 'twas no dreim, again I behold it! - I yield, I am hopeless my fate to avert!" Sho rolled down her sleeves, her apron she folded, Then laid down and died and was buried in ditt. R. R. L. S. C. Inter-State and West Indian Exposition. Tho Charleston and Western Caroli an Railway bog to announco that tliev iavo arranged reduced rates from all -heir stations to Charleston on account Exposition. Parties can avail themselves of a soa lon ticket, a tcn-dny or a sovuu-day ickot, from any point on this lino at rory low* ratea. Apply to agents for "urthor information, as to schedules, atos, etc. W. J. Craig. General Passcucrcr Agent?